ABSTRACT

Considering that ‘social work with older people’ refers to something that is carried out with older people, it is of crucial importance to reveal the meaning of ‘the social’ from the perspective of the elderly. The aim of this article is to reveal how older people go about achieving meaningful social interactions in everyday life in the context of eldercare services and the role of social work practice within this area. Twenty-six older people have been included in 24 open semi-structured interviews. Prominent features in the findings are that care recipients in eldercare services develop strategies to create a sense of meaningfulness. This is a new dimension of ‘self-created’ person-centred care. The conclusions drawn are that while social work for older people involves someone in charge of something for somebody else, social work with older people indicates an unconditioned practice beyond the performance of services.

摘要

考虑到“与老年人的社会工作”是指与老年人一起进行的事情，从老年人的角度揭示“社会”的含义至关重要。本文的目的是揭示老年人如何在养老服务的背景下在日常生活中实现有意义的社会互动，以及社会工作实践在这一领域的作用。26 名老年人参加了 24 次公开的半结构化访谈。研究结果的显着特点是老年护理服务中的护理接受者制定策略来创造一种有意义的感觉。这是“自创”以人为本护理的新维度。得出的结论是，虽然老年人的社会工作涉及为他人负责某事的人，